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  1. Gordon Brown

    Gordon Brown

    Writing for PS since 2010
    119 Commentaries

    Gordon Brown, a former prime minister of the United Kingdom, is UN Special Envoy for Global Education and Chair of Education Cannot Wait.

  2. Gaston Browne

    Gaston Browne

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Gaston Browne is Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda.

  3. Cristina Caffarra

    Cristina Caffarra

    Writing for PS since 2023
    3 Commentaries

    Cristina Caffarra, Co-Founder and Vice Chair of the Competition Research Policy Network at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, is an honorary professor at University College London.

  4. Jennifer Clapp

    Jennifer Clapp

    Writing for PS since 2023
    2 Commentaries

    Jennifer Clapp, an expert panel member at the IPES-Food think tank, is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

  5. Olivier De Schutter

    Olivier De Schutter

    Writing for PS since 2010
    9 Commentaries

    Olivier De Schutter is UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and co-chair of IPES-Food.

  6. Dag Detter

    Dag Detter

    Writing for PS since 2017
    5 Commentaries

    Dag Detter, Principal at Detter & Co, is an investment adviser and a former president of Stattum, the Swedish National Wealth Fund, where he led the restructuring of the government’s $70 billion portfolio of enterprises and real estate.

  7. Bill Dudley

    Bill Dudley

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Bill Dudley is Chair of the Bretton Woods Committee and former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

  8. Sylvain Duranton

    Sylvain Duranton

    Writing for PS since 2025
    2 Commentaries

    Sylvain Duranton is Global Leader of BCG X.

  9. Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven

    Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven is Managing Director of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

  10. Ekhosuehi Iyahen

    Ekhosuehi Iyahen

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Ekhosuehi Iyahen is Secretary General of the Insurance Development Forum.

  11. Tawakkol Karman

    Tawakkol Karman

    Writing for PS since 2024
    2 Commentaries

    Tawakkol Karman, a Yemeni human-rights activist, is the first woman from the Arab world to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

  12. Tom Krebs

    Tom Krebs

    Writing for PS since 2023
    3 Commentaries

    Tom Krebs, a former senior adviser at the German Finance Ministry, is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim and a member of the German Minimum Wage Commission.

  13. Desmond Lachman

    Desmond Lachman

    Writing for PS since 2025
    4 Commentaries

    Desmond Lachman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is a former deputy director of the International Monetary Fund’s Policy Development and Review Department and a former chief emerging-market economic strategist at Salomon Smith Barney.

  14. Vanessa Lyon

    Vanessa Lyon

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Vanessa Lyon is Global Leader of Cyber and Digital Risk at BCG.

  15. Julie McCarthy

    Julie McCarthy

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Julie McCarthy is CEO of NatureFinance.

  16. Lenny Mendonca

    Lenny Mendonca

    Writing for PS since 2014
    55 Commentaries

    Lenny Mendonca, Senior Partner Emeritus at McKinsey & Company, is a former chief economic and business adviser to Governor Gavin Newsom of California and chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority.

  17. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    Writing for PS since 2010
    33 Commentaries

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

  18. Juliet B. Schor

    Juliet B. Schor

    Writing for PS since 2020
    2 Commentaries

    Juliet B. Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College and the author of Four Days a Week: The Life-Changing Solution for Reducing Employee Stress, Improving Well-Being, and Working Smarter (Harper Business, June 2025).

  19. Bright Simons

    Bright Simons

    Writing for PS since 2022
    2 Commentaries

    Bright Simons is an Analyst at IMANI and a Visiting Senior Fellow at ODI Global.

  20. Sita Nataraj Slavov

    Sita Nataraj Slavov

    Writing for PS since 2025
    1 Commentary

    Sita Nataraj Slavov is Professor of Public Policy in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

  1. brown118_Wakil KohsarGettyImages_afghan_girls_school Wakil Kohsar/Getty Images

    The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

    Gordon Brown explains why the country’s leadership crisis represents an opportunity to end gender apartheid.
  2. jmccarthy1_CRISTINA ALDEHUELAAFP via Getty Images_cocoaghana Cristina Aldehuela/AFP via Getty Images

    Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

    Julie McCarthy urges monetary authorities to use their tools to mitigate the financial risks of environmental disruption.
  3. dudley1_Justin TallisGettyImages_tether Justin Tallis/Getty Images

    The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now

    Bill Dudley

    Without a robust regulatory framework that incentivizes stablecoin issuers to register in the United States, stablecoin activity will migrate to countries with weaker rules, increasing the likelihood of financial instability. Fortunately, the US can still head off these risks and reap the technology’s benefits.

    explains why lawmakers need to move quickly to establish US leadership in digital assets and payments.
  4. krueger85_Justin SullivanGetty Images_UScarstrade Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    Tariff Man Doubles Down

    Anne O. Krueger warns that the Trump administration’s trade restrictions will harm the very industries they aim to protect.
  5. lachman3_Charly TriballeauGettyImages_us_economy_eggs Charly Triballeau/Getty Images

    America Looks Like a Troubled Emerging-Market Economy

    Desmond Lachman

    Under US President Donald Trump’s erratic rule, the United States is now exhibiting all the symptoms, from high import tariffs and fiscal deficits, to oligarchy and flagrant corruption. Worse, the fallout cannot be confined to the US, and no multilateral bailout or structural adjustment plan can mitigate the damage.

    lists the symptoms, from tariffs and massive public debt, to oligarchy and flagrant conflicts of interest.
  6. fofack29_eric1513Getty Images_dedollarization eric1513/Getty Images

    Will Trump Destroy the Dollar’s Primacy?

    Within its first two months, President Donald Trump’s second administration has attacked US institutions, alienated trade partners and allies, decimated consumer and investor confidence, and sent the stock market plummeting. Can the dollar’s status as the world’s leading reserve currency – and the extraordinary advantages this affords the US economy – withstand the onslaught?

  7. moyo32_Anton PetrusGettyImages_ai_money Anton Petrus/Getty Images

    Will AI Mean Higher Taxes?

    Dambisa Moyo warns business leaders that automation-driven efficiency gains may come with hidden long-term costs.
  8. gbrowne1_Thomas SamsonGettyImages_fossil_fuel_non_proliferation_treaty Thomas Samson/Getty Images

    A Defining Moment for Energy Security and Economic Prosperity

    Gaston Browne points out that the energy transition is vital not only to protect the planet, but also to enhance resilience.
  9. norrlof10_Picture AllianceGettyImages_lng_terminal_baltic_sea Picture Alliance/Getty Images

    How Much “Weaponization” Can the Global Economy Take?

    Carla Norrlöf worries that major powers’ understandable reliance on economic coercion will go too far.

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